Krasnoznamensk, Kaliningrad Oblast
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Coordinates: 54°56′32″N 22°29′23″E / 54.94222°N 22.48972°E
Krasnoznamensk (Russian: Краснознаменск; German: Lasdehnen or Haselberg; Lithuanian: Lazdynai; Polish: Łazdyny) is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Šešupė River. It is the administrative center of Krasnoznamensky District of Kaliningrad Oblast. Population: 3,751 (2002 Census);[1] 3,894 (1989 Census).[2] Lithuanians make up a significant portion of the population. Lithuanian cultural organisations exist in the town, which is in the ethnographic region known as Lithuania Minor.[1]
Prior to World War II the town was part of the Prussian Province of East Prussia, within Germany. Until 1938 its German name was Lasdehnen, but as it was of Baltic Old Prussian origin, the Nazi government changed it to Haselberg ("Hazel Mountain") in 1938. After World War II ended in 1945, the area was annexed by the Soviet Union and the town was renamed Krasnoznamensk ("Red Banner Town").
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- ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved on 2008-07-25.
- ^ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров. (All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers.)" (in Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1989. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg2.php. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
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